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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trip•li•cate /ˈtrɪplɪkɪt/USA pronunciation adj. - having or made up of three identical copies or parts;
threefold. - of or relating to the third of three identical copies or items.
Idioms- Idioms in triplicate, in three identical copies.
See -plic-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trip•li•cate (n., adj. trip′li kit, -kāt′;v. trip′li kāt′),USA pronunciation n., v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing, adj. n. - one of three identical items, esp. copies of typewritten material.
- in triplicate:
- in three identical copies:This letter should be done in triplicate.
- threefold:That goes for me, too, in triplicate.
v.t. - to make threefold;
triple. - to make in triplicate:to triplicate a report before releasing it.
adj. - produced in or consisting of three copies or parts;
threefold; triple:triplicate contracts.
- Latin triplicātus (past participle of triplicāre to triple), equivalent. to triplic- (stem of triplex) triplex + -ātus -ate1
- late Middle English (adjective, adjectival) 1400–50
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